An uneasy peace: BC Hydro advances Site C proposal

October 31, 2011 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: Athabasca River, BC Hydro, electricity, hydro, oil sands, water withdrawals
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A massive hydro project stirs up controversy in Peace Country More →

Measured investments in green power begin to post gains

October 01, 2011 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: Enbridge Inc, green power, renewable energy, Suncor Energy, TransAlta Corp., wind power
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By Steve MacLeod

Coal is still king, but a slow migration to renewable energy is underway More →

Troubled waters: Lower Churchill faces stiff competition

June 01, 2011 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: exports, hydroelectricity, Lower Churchill, Newfoundland and Labrador, power generation, shale gas
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By Cooper Langford Jr.

Hydroelectricity producers suddenly face a tide of shale gas More →

Why the U.S. Navy plans to sink its addiction to oil

May 01, 2011 Category: Alternative Energy, Dispatches Tags: crude oil, Department of Defense, U.S. Navy
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By Doug Matthews

The institution's move away from crude recalls Churchill's switch from coal to oil More →

Withering federal support hits Alberta’s biodiesel business

May 01, 2011 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: alternative fuels, biodiesel, bioenergy, BioStreet Energy Inc., ecoEnergy, renewable fuel standard, subsidies, transportation fuels
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Incentives needed to level the playing field with U.S. producers, industry says More →

Offshore wind development hits a snag in Ontario

April 01, 2011 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: Dalton McGuinty, feed-in tariff, Green Energy Act, offshore wind, Ontario, Trillium Power Wind Corporation, wind energy
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Political machinations clip the wings of a green energy drive More →

Inside Ontario’s $87-billion green dream

March 01, 2011 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: coal, natural gas, nuclear, Ontario government, renewable energy
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By Jeff Lewis

How Ontario plans to nix coal, without switching off the lights More →

Carbon sequestration takes root beyond Alberta

February 01, 2011 Category: Alternative Energy, Web Exclusives Tags: carbon capture and storage, carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas emissions
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Burying unwanted emissions of carbon dioxide underground is an international obsession More →

Petitioning for a renewable fuel standard with teeth

February 01, 2011 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: biofuel, Canadian Renewable Fuels Association, CRFA, Gordon Quaiattini, National Renewable Diesel Demonstration Initiative
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Canada's Renewable Fuel Association eyes federal support for national standards More →

Eyeing deals under Ontario’s sweetheart Green Energy Act

January 01, 2011 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: Alternative Energy, Enbridge, feed-in tariff, Green Energy Act, solar, Wind
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By Jeff Lewis

The vaunted feed-in tariff draws Alberta investment More →